<< >> NASA ASRS Report 587955, July 2003

B737 dispatcher notes his company's WX briefing message to flight crews is not providing airmets appropriate to the route of flight.

Attributes
ACN	587955
Time
Date	200307
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Weather Elements	Turbulence
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zzz.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	cruise : level
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	other personnel
ASRS Report	587955
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	cabin event other inflight encounter : turbulence inflight encounter : weather non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far
Independent Detector	other other : 1
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	other other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Weather Company
Primary Problem	Company

Narrative:

The WX packets are not picking up airmets that are issued. Airmets are issued for events that do not meet SIGMET criteria. The flight encountered moderate turbulence over ATC and injured 2 flight attendants. Correction: have WX packets pick up airmets.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 DISPATCHER NOTES HIS COMPANY'S WX BRIEFING MESSAGE TO FLT CREWS IS NOT PROVIDING AIRMETS APPROPRIATE TO THE RTE OF FLT.

Narrative: THE WX PACKETS ARE NOT PICKING UP AIRMETS THAT ARE ISSUED. AIRMETS ARE ISSUED FOR EVENTS THAT DO NOT MEET SIGMET CRITERIA. THE FLT ENCOUNTERED MODERATE TURB OVER ATC AND INJURED 2 FLT ATTENDANTS. CORRECTION: HAVE WX PACKETS PICK UP AIRMETS.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.